I have a memory, and I can just eliminate mistakes when they come up because I’ve already made them.

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.

Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.

Every wall is a door.

On the field, aggression can sometimes be a positive emotion. It boosts performance and can lift your game. But over the years, I have learnt that restrained aggression is a better animal. That way, you will conserve your energy and won’t spend yourself quickly.

I still wanna rap better than everybody else, and I wanna say important things.

Control your own destiny! Control your own destiny!

How we experience memory sometimes, it’s not linear. We’re not telling the stories to ourselves. We know the story; we’re just seeing it in flashes overlaid.

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

I already am a product.

The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.

It’s more interesting for me to figure out how to be superior in areas where I’m naive, where I’m a novice.

Hillary doesn’t play. She has more experience and exposure to the presidency than any candidate in our lifetime – yes, more than Barack, more than Bill. So she is absolutely ready to be Commander-in-Chief on day one. And, yes, she happens to be a woman.

We will explore the mysteries of science and harness the power of technology and innovation. We will realise the opportunities of the digital world. Our youth will learn more from – and with – each other.

I remember very little about writing the first series of ‚Hitchhiker’s.‘ It’s almost as if someone else wrote it.

Never complain and never explain.

Before I look stupid and not know what a word means or how to pronounce it, I’ll stop the whole production: ‚Hey, real quick, guys. Define this word for me. Somebody.‘

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.

I’m super self-critical, which I think is good, because then I get exactly what I want. I’m critical of other people, too – I try not to be, though.

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.

I don’t know what’s the matter with people: they don’t learn by understanding; they learn by some other way – by rote, or something. Their knowledge is so fragile!

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.

You cannot open a book without learning something.

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

One must steer, not talk.

The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it disgraced.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

You’re dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.

Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.

In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the word.

I’ve never responded well to entrenched negative thinking.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

I always had a sense of discipline in me. However, there was a time when I couldn’t divide my time properly between off-field things and on-field assignments. The focus would be missing at times, and that would affect my preparation for matches. I managed to change that.

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

I never say I am a guru.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

I have many regrets, and I’m sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret… if you have any sense, and if you don’t regret them, maybe you’re stupid.

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

Unfortunately, the highly curious student is a small percentage of the kids.

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.

To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced.

There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

Never complain. Never explain.

Mistakes can be corrected by those who pay attention to facts but dogmatism will not be corrected by those who are wedded to a vision.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.

One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting.

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.